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tuesday, october 16. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. meteorologisto jacqui jeras. have you carved your pumpkin? >> not yet. it is always triangle eyes. we are dealing with some chilly temperatures this morning. moon and we have mostly clear skies. 54 at reagan national, 50 at dulles, 48 in gaithersburg, 50 in winchester. get into the sixties afternoon. 62 at noon with sunny skies, 66 at 5:00. adam caskey is out live. find out where, in less than 10 minutes. angela.raffic with >> an excellent drive for the part into virginia.

alexandria, arlington, doing well on 395. a live look at traffic on route lanes open.l in virginia, the only reported is southbound 95 between point rd.rd. and an active work zone through the four corners between new hampshire and university boulevard, the new traffic has two lanes to the right, but all lanes are open well.tting by back to you. >> thank you. our big story, president obama's campaign says expect more performance from the commander in chief tonight. the men will face off at hofstra university in a town hall format. preview.alez has a >> mitt romney clearly won the

first debate. raised $170dy during his campaign, just shy of the president. heading into their second , can he keep the momentum going? tonight's presidential debate setting, town hall which means audience members be asking the questions, are stillans who undecided. >> both candidates have to tread lightly. they are going on the offense too aggressively with each other, that can spill over to the audience. >> president's camp assures a change of strategy h after many bombed his first debate. i think he will be aggressive his view the case for we should go as a country. >> the town hall for matt has strange moments in the past. senator mccain wandering aimlessly. close toetting

george bush. and the first president bush watch in 1992. >> it is a different experience when the citizens are asking instead of professional journalists. not town hall format did popular, but now viewed.e most >> first lady michelle obama will make a campaign stop in chapel hill. campaign inll fredericksburg this evening. joe biden taking a break from campaigning to attend this afternoon's funeral for former senator arlen specter in pennsylvania. ohio police officers firstd while escorting lady michelle obama from a stop.gn their motorcycle collided .esterday the officers suffered non-life- threatening injuries. the first lady was not injured. motorcaded continue on its

route. no other vehicles were involved. >> the deadline to register to in maryland is tonight at fordlineit's the updating address information and requesting a change of polling place. registration forms must be postmarked by today at the latest. residents can .egister to vote >> a police case involved park ended when the e crashed along 28th street and fort baker drive. the park police cruiser was not actually involved in the accident. one arrest was made. no one was hurt. the search continues for the man o male students the university of maryland campus college park. they were running when by a gunman who property. one of the students complied and was joined by a

suspect at that time and boat ran away. students were not injured. >> t-bill missing virginia men national park in montana are expected to come home soon. found neal peckens of herndon and jason hiser of richmond yesterday. got lost whilens hiking in a remote area. there were reported missing their flightssed friday. figured if they did not , it would be aht news. >> just to get that news, everyone is ecstatic. >> the search efforts were snow.ed by >> glad they are okay. getting some breaking news from afghanistan. >> let's check in with jummy olabanji at alive desk. for the desk afghanistan security service says the suicide bomber

for a weekend attack killed the the u.s. troops not a member of the country oppose the intelligence agency. what nato reported on saturday after the attack happened. because the suicide in uniform of the getlligence agency to then blew up a suicide vest as nato troops were making a delivery to the are.uarters in canada that's driven the two u.s. troops died. kandahar. the person behind the suicide thecks only was wearing uniform and was not an official member of the agency. inside attacks are on the minds serving in troops afghanistan. year the suicide attacks 15%m insider's account for all tax and the deaths of over there. back to you. >> thank you. 50 degrees outside on this

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tuesday morning. we did have a little rainfall especially in .ontgomery county here's your forecast for today, 66 by 5:00 p.m.. 67 degrees for the afternoon high with mostly sunny conditions. a beautiful day. help the amount of rainfall yesterday. sunshine today. healthy amount of rainfall yesterday. back to angela foster with the commute. issues? >> no early issues so far. moving quite well. looking at most of the key routes, in virginia, interstate 66, nothing to worry about haymarket and vienna. a couple traffic cones on 95 should be out of the

way momentary. moving quite well with no early delays. in maryland, 270 at the spur, no reported issues or delays this morning. back to you. >> thank you. 51 degrees. time, >> that news about a former georgential candidate mcgovern. why his family says he i

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year. he lost to president nixon in a landslide in 1972. is work in recent years has hunger.on world he's 80 years old. >> secretary clinton says the buck stops here with her when it comes to security at the u.s. in libya last month. she says that she and not the e is responsible for security of u.s. diplomatic missions overseas. the obama administration has attack for its handling of the attack that killed four americans. not dealing with a wet commute, e we? no, it's moving out. still a couple clouds, but that's about all. blue skies today. this morning, a little chilly, 54 degrees. is dry air today and

the wind is coming in from the northwest. be a littleoing to yesterday when you see the northwest breeze. 54 degrees here. 48 in gaithersburg, 52 in hagerstown, 48 degrees in fredericksburg. totals, not impressive. about a quarter of an inch at anles and about a third of inch in leesburg, virginia. in frederick, about a third of an inch. chantilly, 0.15 inches. not enough to make the streets wet. today will be about average for the temperatures. we cannot complain. a cold front off shore. a few lingering clouds will move quickly as high pressure becomes our dominant feature. the wind will be from the northwest today. fromll start to come in by tomorrow, which

means our temperatures will warm up. front will be our next end of theer at the week. sunny today, pleasant, 62-68. mostly clear skies tonight with 40-48. wednesday through friday, 70's. first chance of rain thursday night. we will see that on friday for sure. withet's check on traffic angela. good morning. good morning. still moving quite well out there. time of morning will see volume building especially in the areas on 66 manassas and gainesville. but as we are looking pretty beltway.the way to the eastbound lanes are open without far.s so a live look at 66 at glebe road. very light volume so far this morning. in maryland, starting to see a delay southbound starting

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straight ahead, get ready the second round between the presidential nominees. in new yorket tonight. on for president obama to make up for the lackluster performance the first time around. good morning, washington. tuesday, october 16. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. lance jett to jacqui jeras to look at our forecast this tuesday. beautiful day to look for for this time of year with average temperatures sunshine.f much better than yesterday. 54 degrees at reagan national, dulles, 48 in culpeper, 50 bwi. today it is a classic fall day. the average high this time of is low to mid 70's -- lotus 60's, excuse me. we will be about 67. skies with low humidity.

today.'s let's check on traffic with angela. the district, police activity blocking the left lane k streets under washington circle. well after the closure. starting in maryland, not seeing towards the capital beltway. good on 495ty .hrough college park the b-w parkway between laurel good and it'sooks annapolis on from 50. fromedsnd poste ovedover. 395 at king streets looking good. between thee beltway and the district. back to you. >> thank you. a preview of tonight's

presidential debate at hofstra university in new york. obama's goal is to avoid a repeat of his first performance in its first face- off. romney is hoping to gain more this tight race. john gonzalez joins us with more house.tside the white >> this second presidential debate will be crucial for both campaigns. mitt romney will try to close the 20-- tant points than he trailed p in the trailedoll and the difference in campaign money raised. tonight's presidential debate setting, town hall which means audience members will be asking the questions, and americans who are still undecided.

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to the debates in real time. countyince george's with beating an unarmed university maryland student, the trial resumes. breton joe baker and james mckennand beating john in the video. during aened basketball. a witnesssketball that the yesterday officers used excessive force. lawyers say the officers acted appropriately. >> the showdown over gay marriage in maryland. chiefdet university's diversity officer is expected thepeak today about o heroversy that led t being placed on leave. petitionshe signed a to allow the gay marriage law to sheut on the ballot because believes it should be decided by the democratic process. her attorney says that she is not taking a stand on the issue. >> maryland businesses will see their taxes drop at the the new year.

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>> we would like to say -- >> good morning, washington. >> good morning. we love the energy. we do. let's check in with jacqui jeras for the forecast. day.beautiful one of the best days of the week. we will be average. temperatures this morning, 52 in arlington, 49 degrees in woodbrige. in germantown, 49. 53 degrees in leesburg. as we look at your express forecast, mostly sunny skies and 52 at 9:00. noon, sunny and 62. 66 by 5:00 with mostly sunny skies. high temperature of 67, slightly average for this time of year. much of the rest of the week looks great.

wednesday through friday, highs in the 70's. rain will beof friday.rsday into not much to complain about. that's the latest. let's check on traffic with angela. >> not much to complain about on the roads either. k streak incident has cleared. are reopened under washington street northwest. no major trouble spots. 395 and the 14th street bridge, folks heading into the district, early delays on 395. volume increasing on 95 starting around stafford. slowing off and on between 630 610. no reported troubles in maryland on the b-w parkway. looks good around the beltway. 0, on the brakes briefly 121.en 70 and moving at posted speed through

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out the details. there's always going to be fog of war. the it's fair to say that everyone had the same intelligence. >> she does not want the benghazi incident to become some of blame game. police in houston are looking those who vandalized a mural of president obama. evangel painted over the president's eyes with the paint. a nearby restaurant owner who commissioned the mural says he already hired the original repaint.o owner plansant o presidential debate party and his business tonight. >> operation fast and furious, a lawsuit.

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if you are still willing to take on the challenge and ask a obama orof president republican candidate mitt , pizza hut says it will still honor the prize. ellen braitman reporting for abc 7 news. >> you have to do a lot of work. for that work. jacqui jeras is back with us as happening what's outside today. it's quiet, but i cannot complain. it was pretty active yesterday. y looks so much better. it is a little chilly. current conditions at reagan with al, 54 degrees couple clouds, but no big deal. it is a little drier with a dew point of 42. the wind is out of the northwest. you know that is cool. temperatures will not make it t of the '60s as a result. it's 48 in gaithersburg, 50 in frederick, 51 in fredericksburg

lexington park. the average today is 68 for the high temperature. reached 72 yesterday, so it felt nice to go along with the rainfall. some rainfall totals, we saw between a sense of an end to an inch for the most part. was a third of an inch in .eesburg look at gaithersburg, just shy of an inch of rain. today, there's no rain in the forecast. its wayront has made offshore. little tinkering behind this. overall, we will see blue skies today. high pressure is a dominating feature. -- there is a little lingering cloudiness. today expect mostly sunny

pleasant conditions, 62- 68 degrees. mostly clear and cold tonight, 40-48. here's a look at your seven-day forecast. from wednesday through friday. rainfall late on thursday into friday. overall, a beautiful forecast. let's check on traffic. hopefully, that's looking good. angela? >> 1 incidents in maryland. it is a disabled vehicle traveling through temple hill. parkway, auitland brief slowdown. in montgomery county, still 270.g well on minor delays out of frederick o 121.09 t looking good on the other corridors pin number mid-county. 29 southbound moving well towards the beltway without delay. in virginia, into arlington and should be ok on 395. on route 1 at 110, moving at a

good pace. delays around the beltway to interchange.ld back to you. >> thank you. 5:54, 50 degrees. >> week four of "dancing with ."e stars >> ♪ >> which stars tied for first place and who

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